Anyone seen pictures of "The Ranch"?

[jayctravis]

I've seen the farm road leading to it from pictures of Sheehan. But I don't believe it's ever been pictured that I've seen.

I can completely understand that these might be held close for security reasons, but was just wondering.

I'm gonna try googling after this.

[jayctravis]

1. And of course, Google comes through....

Satellite picture:
<http://cryptome.org/bush-ranch.htm>

I'm still curious what type of house he has out there...if it's a sprawling mansion or an actual "ranch".

[Cha]

2. That's Orwellian right there..

"Prairie Chapel Ranch". Like something an Orwellian murderer would name his pig farm.

[Generic Other]

3. So where's Cindy Sheehan?

Somewhere in a ditch outside the ranch...

[lonestarnot]

6. Is that an irrigation ditch or a sewer ditch?

That fuckin bushitler!

[uppityperson]

13. Here's the road picture

http://thebillboardproject.blogs.com/

[nyhuskyfan]

4. It's not a ranch...

In order to be officially called a ranch, you need to raise some animals. And Barney doesn't count.

[alfredo]

20. It was a large ranch that got broken up into estates for the

new money to buy at inflated prices.

Reframe- bush estate not bush ranch. Or his Midland Texas estate. better yet the (bush) crawford estate. Any variation could work. If you insist on calling it a ranch, call it a Potemkin ranch.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. His house was built by members of a religious community. Really odd.

I just read it had been a turkey and pig farm...very appropriate and it said the barns had been removed. Maybe they call it a ranch because the house is all on one level.

[alfredo]

29. He bought the place at the urging of his staff. They wanted him

to look the role of a down home, good ole boy texan. Notice the reporters stand in the same location with the same background. That is no accident.

[XemaSab]

16. Someone a few days ago had pictures

and it looked like a doublewide.

[lumpy]

35. I heard it was a 5000 sq.ft. ranchhouse.

very comfy.

[shanti]

21. bet it has a bunker

n/t

[Twist_U_Up]

37. wow lotta chickens could fit on that ranch

[elvisbear]

39. I think I found the same site as you.

Just scroll down to the bottom of the page for pics of the ranch house.

[DS1]

5. Notice that the nearest brush is about a mile away

:eyes:

[progressivebydesign]

7. Bush did a thing on that fishing show...

.. and they were shooting the show on his lake. If you saw the houses around the lake, you'd realize he owns Kennebunkport West, NOT the Ponderosa. It was not rustic in the least...

Oh wait.. on edit: I realize NOW that they call his ELEVEN ACRE lake a "pond". How quaint. It's huge.

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[ConfuZed]

10. What are you saying?

[DS1]

11. shaddup foo

[uppityperson]

15. Huh?

What do you mean?

[anitar1]

26. I read somewhere, a few months back,

that he has installed every environmental aid imaginable. Water purification, solar panels and on and on.

[flordehinojos]

9. from the satellite view, the house looks like a u-shaped trailer.

but ... what else can you expect out of bush trailer trash? doesn't matter how much money they may have ... they really are trailer trash.

[emulatorloo]

23. he is blue blood connecticut - everything else is a show produced by

karen hughes and karl rove.

[flordehinojos]

27. blue blood connecticut?--the show has been going on for a long time.

the bushes are more like connecticut NOUVEAU RICH .

PRESCOTT BUSH WAS A NATIVE OF COLUMBUS OHIO who, through connections made at YALE advanced himself in social standing, political power, and personal wealth.

Samuel Bush, Prescott's father, was in the steel (maker or railroad parts) industry in Columbus Ohio.

Through his son's YALE connections, Samuel Bush was appointed director of the Facilities Division of the War Industries Board.

It was through these connections and war profiteering that the bushes eventually ended up in CONNECTICUT passing themselves off as BLUE BLOOD.

it is funny funny in the sense of weird THAT to protect them
records their records always seem to disappear and they have a penchant for secrecy, war profiteering and making records disappear... it is a bush tradition which goes all the way back to Samuel Bush.

and while i may be saying here nothing that you do not know already,
you may want to check a lot of the bush family history at

http://www.tarpley.net/bush1.htm

[Extend a Hand]

12. this doesn't have pictures of the house

but is does describe the passive solar, geo-thermal 'ranch'...
looks like the shrub is ready for peak oil.
http://www.cowboysindians.com/articles/archives/1202/bush.html

[MaryBear]

22. Interesting. This paints a different picture

of the man and his values. It seems incongruent with his public policies. Who is this guy, anyway!?

[Ripley]

14. Don't have a pic, but I remember reading it is very high-tech eco-house.

Uses photovoltaics and other environmental friendly tech.

Of course no one in America is supposed to actually use that shit on a widespread basis, it might actually lower our dependence on foreign oil. :eyes:

I remember wondering if it was Laura's idea.

[Lex]

17. It used to be PIG farm, and isn't really a "ranch" by any means.

The house looked terrible, the times I remembered seeing it in the press. I figured maybe they were trying to play it like it they were "regular people from Texas" even though he's a multi-millionaire, ivy-league educated, spoiled frat boy from the East.

It's all an illusion. He bought the pig farm in 1999 as he was gearing up for his run for Prez.

[emulatorloo]

25. A movie set for the Karl Rove/Karen Hughes Production of "Cowboy GWB"

Even DU seem to fall for the GWB persona --

Thanks for your post.

[SillyGoose]

18. I found this on Google

[dooner]

31. that's the "old" house that they show us on tv n/t

[SillyGoose]

34. I didn't realize he had a "prop" house. Why am I not surprised?

[jean]

19. I found some pix - one from the White House archives of the

inside of a house on 'the ranch' -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1984759

they renovated an old farm house, according to one article I read - it's got to be that house Laura is in . . .

The new big house bush built has a 10 foot porch wrapped around it 'like a moat' - the house in the pix I found looks like an old renovated house ... can't fine any of the big house

The White House website has numerous pix of bush outside at 'the ranch' - nothing of the abode though

[NMDemDist2]

24. yeah they do the photo ops in front of the old house so he looks like

a "regular guy"

they never show pics of the 10,000 SF house he actually LIVES in do they?

[Booster]

32. I read an interview once with his neighbor and he said what you

see in the photo ops is actually his ranch, with the rolls of hay, etc., because Bush wouldn't have any reason at all to have hay. You'll notice that everyone uses the same spot when they're on air. The man is a total fraud in everything.

[barb162]

30. It looks very beige, devoid of trees and sterile or something

[elvisbear]

33. This pic fits the descriptions you all have been giving.

[dooner]

36. yes, sorta does...

is that supposed to be IT? Where did this image come from?

[elvisbear]

38. Here's more pics of the ranch than you ever wanted.

*warning* this page contains some very large photos. But if you wait for them you will see pics of the ranch they never show in the media.

Scroll down to the bottom portion of the page for the best pics of the ranch house.

http://cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/bush-ranch.htm

[undeterred]

40. Not a whole lot there

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=crawford+texas&ll=31.524051,-97.439795&spn=0.064918,0.120352&t=k&hl=en